Synopsis

Sold at the age of twelve to support his mother’s drug habit and rescued from a life on the streets by a cop, thirty-two-year old Tony Locke had had a brutal start in life. He’d risen to the position of homicide detective in the Everlight Police Department—a testament to his intelligence and driving ambition to help other victims of Everlight's prolific industry in sex and drugs. With his promotion to the hush-hush Interdimensional Task Force, he could broaden his reach—if he could just get along with his a-hole of a partner.

Leo Fortan labored under a soul-crushing burden of sacrifice, trapped in a lonely and rigid existence. Hand-picked from that existence and assigned to the Interdimensional Task Force, he thought his life had taken a turn for the better—until he met his partner, Tony Locke. Leo thought it probable they would kill each other.

For a man who thought love didn’t exist and a man who’d sacrificed everything for it, finding common ground may require more than an incident of magic.

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Oh...My...Gosh. The plot has really thickened in this addition to the Everlight series. Yes, the basic story of this book is the relationship between Tony and Leo (Silk) but the on going plot dealing with the magical drugs and human trafficking across several realities is really engrossing. The characters are amazing and each has his/her place in the grand scheme. As with the first book in the series (An Evidence of Magic), this book read more of a crime drama with very little magic (except for Sable healing a certain accident prone detective repeatedly). A new reality is brought to our attention in this book and the authors did such a fantastic job building it that I was easy to envision. Yes, there is sexual tension between the main characters but little actual sex (easily skipped over if that is not your thing). The book does not end in a cliffhanger but the game is still afoot. I cannot wait for the next addition to the series to find out what happens next. Who's up for a game of chess?